San Francisco Simple

November 10, 2009 - Written by Wendi Kelly
 

John and I recently returned from a once in a lifetime vacation with the kids in San Francisco. One full week of being together with two teenagers in a two room suite and a rental car. I realize as I …

Feet in the Sand

July 17, 2008 - Written by Wendi Kelly
 

Yesterday marked the middle of summer. How quickly the time is rushing by. If I had an hourglass of sand it would be draining down and I would be fighting the urge to turn it back over and begin again, making …

Saving Summer

June 27, 2008 - Written by Wendi Kelly
 

I thank you God for this most amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.
~E.E. Cummings

 

It’s the end of June and I don’t know where it went.

Well, yes I do …

A Spring Rain

June 9, 2008 - Written by Wendi Kelly
 

It’s raining as I write. A dark, low, rumbling thunderous rain. Not frightening. The sort of rain that rolls in like a vacuum and cleans away the winter dust. It has been an ugly, long week of rain, tornado warnings and high winds, and yet, we soldier on here, not …

A Mother’s Gratitude

May 9, 2008 - Written by Wendi Kelly
 

 

Mother’s Day Weekend is here. It is a special day for me, special because I have been in active duty now for 31 years. Plus 11 years as a grandmother. I wouldn’t trade a single day. Not even the stormy ones.

Yes, it’s true…I had an early start. Sometimes life throws …